A team of eight completed this week's survey under hot and mostly sunny conditions. The caterpillars of sphinx moths are generally called hornworms because many of them have a long, pointed projection on their rear end. Some, however, have just a small nub or even none at all. See the Banded Sphinx caterpillar shown below. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper nymph) photo by Val Bugh Periplaneta americana (American cockroach) photo by Val Bugh Everes comyntas (eastern tailed blue) photo by Val Bugh Lerodea eufala (eufala skipper) photo by Val Bugh Alberada parabates (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Semaeopus ella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Caripeta triangulata (moth) photo by Val Bugh Oenobotys texanalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Eumorpha fasciatus (banded sphinx larva) photo by Val Bugh Enallagma civile (familiar bluet) photo by Val Bugh Pintalia delicata (cixiid planthopper) photo by Val Bugh Hesperolabops gelastops (cactus plant bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Arilus cristatus (wheel bug eating leaf beetle) photo by Val Bugh Naupactus sp. (white-fringed weevil) photo by Val Bugh Micromus sp. (brown lacewing) photo by Val Bugh Stenonema femoratum (flat-headed mayfly) photo by Val Bugh Unknown sp. (diapriid wasp) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus cardinalis (cardinal jumper) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Cnemidophorus gularis gularis (Texas spotted whiptail) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Hummingbird (Archilochus sp.) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Texas Spotted Whiptail (Cnemidophorus gularis gularis) Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindeimeri) Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Danaus plexippus   Monarch       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail (adult & larva)    lycaenidae   Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Everes comyntas   Eastern Tailed Blue    hesperiidae   Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Thorybes pylades   Northern Cloudywing       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem    noctuidae   Tripudia quadrifera   Moth       Eublemma recta   Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Chalky Bird Dropping Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth       Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Lacinipolia erecta   Moth       Condica videns   White-dotted Groundling       Phosphila miselioides   Spotted Phosphila       Schinia arcigera   Flower Moth       Schinia chrysellus   Broomweed Flower Moth       Schinia alencis   Flower Moth       Schinia rivulosa   Ragweed Flower Moth    erebidae   Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Melipotis cellaris   Moth       Anticarsia gemmatalis   Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth    sphingidae   Eumorpha fasciatus   Banded Sphinx (larva)    geometridae   Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave       Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Dimorphic Gray       Rindgea nigricomma   Moth       Pleuroprucha insulsaria   Common Tan Wave       Caripeta triangulata   Moth       Semaeopus ella   Moth       Eupithecia miserulata   Common Eupithecia    crambidae   Urola nivalis   Snowy Urola       Diastictis fracturalis   Moth       Udea rubigalis   Celery Leaftier Moth       Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Aethiophysa lentiflualis   Moth       Hymenia perspectalis   Spotted Beet Webworm Moth       Oenobotys texanalis   Moth       Conchylodes ovulalis   Zebra Conchylodes       Herpetogramma bipunctalis   Two-spotted Herpetogramma       Fissicrambus sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Microcrambus croesus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia teterrella   Bluegrass Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Peoria bipartitella   Moth       Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Alberada parabates   Cactus Borer Moth    tortricidae   Eumarozia malachitana   Sculptured Moth       Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Epiblema strenuana   Ragweed Borer Moth       Crocidosema plebejana   Cotton Tipworm Moth       Grapholita packardi   Cherry Fruitworm Moth       Platynota flavedana   Black-shaded Platynota Moth    oecophoridae   Inga obscuromaculella   Moth       Antaeotricha humilis   Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis glandulella   Acorn Moth       Coleophora sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Pselnophorus belfragei   Plume Moth    gelechiidae   Battaristis concinusella   Moth       Stegasta bosqueella   Red-necked Peanutworm Moth       Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Neodactylota liguritrix   Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris fuscicomella   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle       Lysathia ludoviciana   Flea Beetle       Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle       Anomoea rufifrons   Leaf Beetle       Lema trabeata   Leaf Beetle       Oulema variabilis   Leaf Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle       Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Lady Beetle    buprestidae   Agrilus addendus   Metallic Woodborer       Agrilus obtusus   Metallic Woodborer    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Diplostethus texanus   Click Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil       Naupactus sp.   White-fringed Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug       Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhopalidae   Niesthrea louisianica   Scentless Plant Bug    miridae   Hesperolabops gelastops   Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)       Dichrooscytus sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Arilus cristatus   Wheel Bug    pentatomidae   Mecidea major   Grass Stink Bug       Oebalus pugnax   Rice Stink Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Texananus sp.   Leafhopper       Exitianus exitiosus   Leafhopper    acanaloniidae   Acanalonia parva   Planthopper    cixiidae   Pintalia delicata   Planthopper hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee    megachilidae   Megachile sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee       Hoplitis sp.   Leaf-cutter Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Pachodynerus nasidens   Keyhole Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    diapriidae   Unknown sp.   Wasp    ichneumonidae   Unknown sp.   Ichneumon diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Condylostylus sp.   Long-legged Fly    ulidiidae   Delphinia picta   Picture-winged Fly    platystomatidae   Senopterina caerulescens   Signal Fly    syrphidae   Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Trichopoda lanipes   Feather-legged Fly       Juriniopsis sp.   Tachinid Fly odonata   libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea lacerata   Black Saddlebags       Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk       Sympetrum vicinum   Autumn Meadowhawk    coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer       Argia plana   Springwater Dancer       Ischnura posita   Fragile Forktail       Enallagma civile   Familiar Bluet orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus femurrubrum   Red-legged Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis    thespidae   Oligonicella scudderi   Scudder's Mantis dermaptera   anisolabididae   Euborellia annulipes   Ring-legged Earwig blattodea   blattidae   Periplaneta americana   American Cockroach neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    hemerobiidae   Micromus sp.   Brown Lacewing trichoptera   philopotamidae   Chimarra sp.   Black Caddisfly ephemeroptera   heptageniidae   Stenonema femoratum   Flat-headed Mayfly araneae   salticidae   Thiodina sylvana   Jumping Spider       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus cardinalis   Cardinal Jumper       Pelegrina galathea   Peppered Jumper       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx    lycosidae   Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    oecobiidae   Oecobius sp.   Wall Spider